Women's Volleyball Topples New Hampshire in Five Sets

Harvard earned its third win of the season against New
Hampshire (Gil Talbot).

DURHAM, N.H. – The Harvard women's volleyball
team earned its third win of the season, downing New Hampshire in
five sets Tuesday night. With the win, the Crimson ups its record
to 3-10 on the year while UNH falls to 5-10 overall.

The two teams split sets to start the match as Harvard claimed
the opening set 25-22 and the Wildcats answered back with a 25-16
win in the second stanza. The hosts claimed the first point of the
third set but on the strength of five kills, the Crimson claimed
the next 12 points to vault to a commanding 12-1 lead. UNH was
unable to close the gap and Harvard hit .478 for the set to claim a
25-10 win in the third stanza and take a 2-1 match lead.

The fourth set saw the teams remain close through the first half
as Harvard tied the score at 12 on a UNH error. The Crimson
maintained a slim lead through the middle part of the set thanks to
kills by Teresa Skelly, Erin Cooney and Taylor Docter, but a
Destiny Toliver kill knotted the score at 21-all late in the set.
The hosts managed to secure the next four points to push the match
to a decisive fifth set.

The Crimson grabbed an early lead in the final set and a .529
hitting percentage enabled the Crimson to cruise to a 15-6 win and
a 3-2 match victory. Consecutive kills by Skelly and Anne Carroll Ingersoll sealed the match for the Crimson.

Ingersoll led the Crimson with 11 kills and hit .435 on the
match, while Skelly added nine kills, hit .400 for the match and
added a team-high three blocks. Natalie Doyle added 20 assists and
Christine Wu had a team-high 16 digs. Lauren Laquerre led the
Wildcats with 17 kills and 15 digs while Sara Heldman had a
match-high 44 assists.

Harvard is back in action Friday as it returns home to host
league rival Dartmouth in a 7 p.m., showdown.